Title :
Triggering jitter of a gas switch at high voltage and low laser energy
Author :
Hutsel, B.T. ; Sullivan, D.L. ; Kovaleski, S.D. ; Gahl, J.M.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA
Abstract :
Laser triggered gas switch experiments have been completed to determine the effect of laser parameters and laser targets on runtime and jitter. A New Wave Tempest 10, Nd:YAG laser capable of output at 266 nm, 532 nm, or 1064 nm was used to trigger the switch. The switch was pulsed charged with the Tiger pulsed power machine consisting of a 32 capacitor Marx bank and a 7 nF intermediate storage capacitor.
Keywords :
gas lasers; Marx bank; Tiger pulsed power machine; gas switch; high voltage; intermediate storage capacitor; low laser energy; triggering jitter; Capacitors; Gas lasers; Jitter; Low voltage; Optical materials; Plasma materials processing; Plasma measurements; Runtime; Solid lasers; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Plasma Science - Abstracts, 2009. ICOPS 2009. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2617-1
DOI :
10.1109/PLASMA.2009.5227618
